Win a MacBook Pro competition in the Independent

[nw43]

Did anyone else see the win a MacBook pro competition in yesterday's Independent newspaper in the UK?

There are 10 MacBook Pro's up for grabs but it's quite tough and there are 30 'techie' questions to answer. I've done most of them but stuck on the last few. Can anyone help?

How many text messages does the avergae UK consumer send each week?
a - 119
b - 28
c - 4

What is the word mouse an acronym for?

How much did the value of a single Microsoft share go up in the first day of trading in 1986?

How much money in royalties did Alexey Pazhitnov, the inventor of Tetris, receive for his creation?
a - £0
b - £100,800
c - £670

With which three keyboard keys can you rotate a screen on a PC?

Thanks.

 

[Brize]

I can't vouch for the accuracy of these answers, but this is what Google turned up:

1. B – 28

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/advice/media_literacy/medlitpub/medlitpubrss/older/ (Third bullet point in the 'Across all platforms' section.)

2. Minimum Orbital Unmanned Satellite of Earth

http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=MOUSE

3. $2.00

http://gsbwww.uchicago.edu/fac/john.heaton/teaching/35000/msft.htm (Last four paragraphs.)

4. £0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Pazhitnov

I'll leave the last question to someone with a PC.

Like I said, I don't know how accurate this information is. Do check the sources yourself.

 

[nw43]

Thanks for your help. Got them all I think now except for the mouse acronym as I've seen a few possible answers for this....

 

[virividox]

good luck hope u win, then you can post in the "have u ever won a contest thread"

 

[nw43]

Thanks!

That's the main reason I'm going for it....and the MacBook Pro will probably be quite nice too!

 

[elliottw]

Pong Is Wrong

The first arcade game was actually "computer space" not pong.

Bill Gates was the first centi-billionaire & shares went up in Microsoft by $8.

Need any more answers let me know.

 

[ZiggyR]

I've just signed up here as I found the thread trying to find the answer to the question about which keys rotate PC screens. I thought some of the questions were arguable and here's my answers to the questions I thought were a little debatable or less obvious:
1 - First email sent in 1965
4 - Average text messages per week was 28
6 - MOUSE: I assumed they meant a computer mouse and, probably foolishly, answered that it wasn't an acronym, it just looks like a mouse. I certainly found a number of possible acronyms but they all looked a bit made up to me.
7 - Microsoft shares on first day of trading went up $7.75 from $21 to $28.75
11 - First computer virus was Elk Cloner
17 - You could presumably be bluejacked using a laptop or a PDA as well as with a phone.
20 - First laptop was the Osborne 1 in 1981
22 - Amazon was launched in 1995 (but the company was set up in 1994)
23 - Alexey Pazhitnov didn't get anything for Tetris
27 - Three keyboard keys to rotate a PC screen - I use a PC at work and I'm fairly sure you can't do this unless you have special software. I put CTRL-ALT-+ as that rotates the screen in some applications
28 - Computer Space was the first arcade game
30 - I know the toasted cheese sandwich was sold on eBay but I thought Britney's pregnancy test was bought direct from the hotel maid. I've no idea about Elvis' tibia!

Cheers

Ziggy